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Shaiva

American  
[shahy-vuh] / ˈʃaɪ və /

noun

Hinduism.
  1. a Bhakti sect devoted to Shiva.


Other Word Forms

  • Shaivite noun

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The key to each picture is given in the quoted text, to which the following notes are supplementary:   Facing page 3: Jaipur painting of the 18th century, very brilliant in sunset colourings, representing a girl returning from a Shaiva shrine.

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It contains 12 principal Shaiva and 4 Vaishnav temples and one dedicated to Brahm�.

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Traces of the practice are found as far back as the eighth century, for various kinds of the Auparishtaka are represented in the sculptures of many Shaiva temples at Bhuvaneshwara, near Cuttack, in Orissa, and which were built about that period.

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Saiva, Shaiva, Sivite Sect.—The name given to Hindus who venerate Siva as their special god.

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The term Shaiva Brāhman is applied to Guraos.

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